City Attorney Dennis Herrera and the S.F. Voting Controversy
San Francisco voters have recently approved major tax increases to fund homeless services, teacher pay raises and childcare, but the money’s being kept under theoretical lock and key until the courts ...
29 Jan 201931min
San Francisco School Teachers and Their Struggle to Survive
Stephen Torres-Esquer, an award-winning special education teacher at Lowell High, talks about how hard it is to make it in one of the world’s most expensive cities on such a paltry salary. As San Fran...
25 Jan 201926min
Does City Hall Have the Fix for District Six?
New Supervisor Matt Haney has barely begun his new job representing District 6, but he’s already deluged with meeting requests, emails and tweets from residents fed up with the filth, needles and fece...
11 Jan 201934min
The Great Progressive Compromise
For the first time in years, progressives have a majority on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, but their inability to unify around a single candidate for board president shows they have a long w...
11 Jan 20198min
Best of City Insider: Jane Kim
Jane Kim was a San Francisco Supervisor who was running for mayor when she talked to Chronicle columnist Heather Knight for this episode, which ran on March 21, 2018. Kim, who lost in her mayoral bid ...
4 Jan 201917min
Best of City Insider: Marc Benioff
The 61st floor of the Salesforce Tower was the setting for San Francisco Chronicle columnist Heather Knight's interview with CEO Marc Benioff just before the 2018 election. Benioff talks about his su...
31 Dec 201820min
Best of City Insider: Police Chief Bill Scott
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Heather Knight talks to SFPD Chief Bill Scott about the epidemic of car break-ins and what residents and the police can do to prevent these crimes. Scott also talks a...
27 Dec 201825min
The San Francisco Movie Special
Chronicle columnist Heather Knight talks to Bay Area movers and shakers about their favorite San Francisco films. "Vertigo" and "Mrs. Doubtfire" get a lot of votes as Mayor London Breed, Marc Benioff,...
24 Dec 201817min
